This is a sermon that every professing Christian needs to hear. Many Christians and non-Christians believe that if you break God's law that God will continue to extend His grace, love and mercy forever. In spite of our lawlessness or breaking his law God extends His grace over and over. This is strange that we don't expect from those who enforce city, state or federal laws. Why is this? Do we put human authority and human laws higher than God and His laws? God say if you love me keep my commandments. This video points out what God expects from us. It points out what God will do for us and in us.How could this teaching be so neglected. I will never know? This is a beautiful message. It gives me hope. It lets me know that God cares for me and that he not trying to take away my fun, but he trying to save me from destruction.

This message is very encouraging! Especially to me who is striving so much to stay away from sins..i want to follow Jesus, but after every step i fall down..and after i heard this, it gives me so much courage that i can be victorious in the end through God's grace! I am not a seventh day adventist but i keep on watching amazing facts, pastor doug's sermons are all encouraging. More power to you pastor. Thank you Jesus for your words!

I love to hear Doug preach...Sometimes when I get down God uses Doug to lift me up, using Gods word...I may not completely and totally go along with everything he says ,but he,s the closes thing to the truth I can find so far....

Jesus, let me abide in you that I may not sin before you anymore 🙏

I needed this thank the Lord for pastor Doug..

Dear Pastor Batchelor: wow, now I understand through your simple illustrations: stop and not just slow down, take dominion of the cluttered space, that it is possible to sin no more. Thank you.

Pastor Doug is amazing with the teaching of our Lord. Thank God for us having him. May God bless you many more with wisdom.

Thank you pastor Doug Batchelor for what you do God bless you.

I sincerely thank you people for your prayers! One guy contacted me and wrote me the greatest email ever! I thank you all for your prayers and I hope we can all meet in Heaven with Jesus Christ some day.

What a wonderful message...all need to hear this.!!! Thank you pastor doug!!!

Love this sermon!!!!! Truth!!

was truly blessed from this sermon!

He is speaking the truth

Thank you Pastor Bachelor for your encouraging words and message of hope in Jesus Christ.

Amen!

Oh Pastor Doug I thank you so much for making this message so powerful and very clear by the power of the Holly Spirit. I have confused by many preachers, but I thank God the Creator of the Heaven and Earth for His Spirit by leading me to watch this message. I appreciate God very much for not letting me to confusion but leading me by His holly spirit in time to watch this message delivered by His servant you Mr. Pastor Doug.

"It´s that simple..." How I enjoy these simple words!

I made my mom listen to this, because prior she didn't believe anyone could truly be "perfect". Well, now she knows.

Dear Pastor Doug Batchelor: I want to start off by saying I love you and peace be with you. I made you part of my life because you helped me become closer to Jesus and now i read my Bible alot more than ever and now i always look on youtube to see if you have any new sermon. I wanted to know and maybe you can do research on this and share it with others but... i wanted to know if it is ok with you that you teach us in your opinion according to the Bible and what Jesus did.. "How and when to witness" Should we witness to people even though we dont fully know much of the bible and we are currently in training or that does not matter we should witness even the little bit that we know. Should we make sure that we do not add anything nore take away anything from the Bible when we witness? Should we always do it out of good will and never in rivery? is it right to go knocking from door to door witnessing to strangers because some christians do this but i know that some countrys you can do that and some you cannot do that, did Jesus do it that way? or should we become friends with person first so that they can know more about you and you can know more about them and it wont feel strange because the person is no longer a stranger? or should witnessing be something that is schedualed for both the talker and the listener because un expected visits may turn away the listeners oppertunity ? is every place appropriate for witnessing including the work place or maybe it is not a good idea to witness at your job since you are under the clock and youv got work to do and also there might be people around from other religion and they might get offended, causing yourself to be despised by others? is it ok if a person is to shy to witness and they been shy all there life or that does not matter, we should witness anyways? Can we still be saved even if we never really witnessed to anybody but still kept all commandments, prayed a lot, lived rightious and holy lives? I pray that you may one day help me and others how to do this . I hope to keep hearing and seeing you and the internet and maybe one day i can meet you, if i never do meet you here on this earth of sin, then i definatly hope to see you in paradise for eternity . God bless you my brother :)

There are many addictions out there...keep praying..sometimes we must fast too, to get past our addictions. The point is TRYING to change. Sometimes it takes one step at a time. I believe we can all be victorious over our sins!

Great sermon - thanks for posting!

Praise the Lord for this tremendous message. I really needed it. Sin is a poison that only Jesus can cure

Thank You Holy Father, You Are Great And Worthy To Be Praised. Thank you so very much that you are led by the Holy Ghost, to tell the truth as it is written. Wow! for the first time I got it. And it is wonderfull!

Only Jesus Christ was and is perfect. Only Jesus Christ is good enough for God. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus Christ. He alone is the way, the truth and eternal life. Unless He washes us clean, we'll have no part with Him. The will of God is that we believe in His Son Jesus so that we will have eternal life through Him. I can never fulfill the Law and be perfect. None of us can. We're all sinners and fallen short of God's glory. We can't save ourselves to Heaven with our good works. That's why God gave His only begotten Son so that anyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. Jesus Christ did everything for us! All I can do is to remain with Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Please don't let anyone or anything in this world stop you from turning to Jesus Christ, your only way to eternal life. Turn to Him and stay with Him!

I need this too. Thank you for uploading.

truth and very encouraging!!

This was perfect!🙂

Amen, I used to wonder about this question but not anymore🙏🙏🙏👍

"How does an ant eat an elephant? One bite at a time" Praise God, that is the best example of advise on cleaning up your life of sin I have ever heard. Thank you God.

God rsisteth the proud but gives grace unto the humble.

Thank you for this wonderful presentation... GOD BLESS :D

Well done thank you for sharing.

I just love it!

Amen. Praise God!

My question is, what happens if the sanctification process is incomplete at death - e.g. the thief on the cross. What is forgiven and what's not? Is it negligent disobedience vs deliberate disobedience?

great teachings

Excellent. Thank you for sharing

Great message. Thank you!

Amazing!

Thanks for the nice sermon. I am pretty sure E.G. White wrote about the scripture, be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect" Is as our Father in heaven is perfect in his sphere, so are we to be in our human sphere. I think that's the word she used, was sphere, or maybe meaning sphere of influence or location? I would have to look it up, but I know as soon as we have overcome some negative influence in our lives, we will then see another, that's the growth, growing up in Christ I think is a good way to put it. If we think we are done growing, then we have been deceived, because we will always have room for improvement and see that we are not done.

Christians ought to strive with the guiding influence and empowerment of the Holy Spirit to fulfill the central demand of love which remits to be worked out in every specific situation. I say ought to and not should, because as we all know we are only perfected by faith in Christ, by God's imputed righteousness towards us. Faith = Salvation + Good Works, NOT Faith and Good Works = Salvation. Eph 2:8-16

Wow well I just did a short bible study in this subject per say . How much is our effort to be righteous and how much is faith well become what he called us to become, we're perfected only by the blood of Christ in our SPIRIT. The body we live in has been defiled and is predispositioned to sin, this includes our mind. Our soul is being washed clean as we study to show ourselves approved. This is why he says renew you mind DAILY! So the spirit of The Lord is perfect within us,

If you call me "ignorant" must be because you lead me by example..yet I am not ignorant...better call me sinner or imperfect in search of PERFECTION which perfection is possible with GOD. Have a blessed life in Christ!

WE CAN MAKE IT don't worry how big the mountain is rather BECAUSE OUR GREAT GOD IS BIGGER and will give us victory over no matter how hi how wide how far GOD CAN DO ANYTHING nothing is impossible for our LORD...........GOD BLESS YOU DOUG YOU ALLWAYS BLESS ME BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FILLED SERMONS LOVE BELOVED.....

I get so tired of so called ministers who say we can stop sinning. He who says that he is without sin is a liar and the truth is not in him.

Pastor Batchelor also has a sermon on law and grace.

@burf urple Amen! Amen!...and to get technical, it was His faith that saved us, and not our own. Even our faith is "not of our own"

2Cor.5:17-21 God has reconciled us to Himself...Behold I make all things new Roman 5:17-21 even so by the righteousness of the one the free ift came upon all men

@truth7seeker, you may cause others discouragement and a moment of " wow he knows more then me" . However I'm open enough to hear your heart of the matter. This man could be wrong , I'm not saying he is but how does he realign and teach truthfully ? I'd really love to comprehend his wrongs and your point.

No one is perfect only our lord and savior Jesus Christ,but if you always confess your sin to him then you will always go back to zero sin,every time you commit sin always ask forgiveness and that's why prayer is so important in every walk of our life.

Salvation is a gift, one which we can never earn. Romans chapter 5

Let's just all meditate upon the message of God her.! Praise the Lord.

Thank you for this, I never thought of it white this way❤️

Amen Jesus to strived. On that cross ohhh his prayer to the father if it be possible take this cup from me . he strived to the cross sister one slow step after another. Agonized pain but little by little he made it in hopes to see his children again.

i would like to request to all the right thinking research scholars to go through all the lines and interpretation of the Bible and find out the truth about the Bible, if so, you may even scared to say that world exist from know where as it say in evolution... Amen Pastor Doug batchelor....May you live long and continue your service to spread the good news of Christ for those who know nothing and for those who are in confuse of it....

Love it

Christians should live their lives morally perfect, blameless, righteously.

Amen

This video shows me that I am not saved. I have tried to quit my sins but I cannot. I feel terrible about my sins but I continue to do them... :(

a person can only be "under the law" the moment when he/she violated it...let's put this way; you will be sued in court unless you have violation on any law of your state.in same manner we will become under the law the moment we transgress it.

The title reads: "How Perfect Should a Christian Be?" Answer: We ought to be perfectly sinless in our lives. But this also applies to the non-believer. Every creature of God ought to be sinless. Q. How perfect are actual Christians? A. We are not perfectly sinless; this does not happen until glorification, at the 2nd Advent. "Ought" never implies ability. "Should" is synonymous with "ought". "Ought" statements are imperatives; they are not meant to teach us of our abilities.

je voudrais traduire en francais cette predic...comment dois je procéder pour l entendre en francais? Merci

Answering to a comment out of respect for my self and the person that addressed the comment does not mean fighting dear. But, may God bless you for the unasked advice.

If a rich man comes in in rich apparel and you say sit up here and a poor man comes in in filthy clothing and you say sit thou here at my footstool.Have you not become judges with evil thoughts????

You can NOT lose your salvation by sin... The Holy Spirit works in a person once he is saved to help him walk a narrower path. Everyone starts wherever they are, and keeps improving as the work of Sanctification is done in them by THE HOLY SPIRIT! Even that is not of us! ALL GLORY be to GOD!!! Everyone who comes to the Lord, comes at a different level. Saving faith is believing that what Jesus did at the cross WAS ENOUGH! There is NOTHING we can add. The last thing He said before dying on the cross was "Tetelestai!" Which translated means "It IS FINISHED!" This man is a WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING! RUN!!!! God bless!!!

I do think a lot of churches today imply the following message: "Christ has saved you from having to pay the punishment of your sins. You have already been given the gift of eternal life so don't burden yourself with the work of sanctification. You don't have to bother with this whole "sinless" stuff. It's not really possible anyway. You are free in moderation to sin when it suits because Christ has paid in full."

my brother God love you so much if you would just study your bible, pastor doug believes what you call the bible and the bible alone. do not fight the spirit but pray i will pray for you too my brother

What does GOD's promise in Hosea 2:11 and Colossians 2:14-17 have in common???

If we look at the context of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5, He is talking about loving your brother and those outside of your own circle of friends and family. And a Greek word study will show that the word translated as "perfect" can also be translated as something close to "mature". So we may be using the word differently than Jesus used it here. We can see from Matthew 25 that the King is concerned with our actions toward others regarding charity (love) and justice. So, be mature in love.

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? NO! , but that of faith. For we MAINTAIN that a man is justified by faith APART from observing the law Rom 3:27

Heb.10:14 For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Rom.8:29-30 called, justified, sanctified, glorified. All work of God. Matthew 5:48 How do we accomplish perfection equalling the perfection of God Himself? By faith in Christ who fulfilled the law, and who nailed it to the cross on behalf of all who believe on His name. No Christ did not come to destroy the law- it still applies to all who are outside the grace of God. But believers are already considered perfect.

God stands at the righthand of the poor against those who would judge his soul.

So were is grace

Keep prying for me : "Lord Jesus Christ ,Son of the Living God have mercy on me a sinner" . Can you say this prayer 100 times per day for me? I will appreciate.

This sermon sounds like Lordship Salvation.

Greetings 11;11 Ministries. I have about four questions. Could you please tell me which of the inspired 27 books in the New Testament has the list of books that we should include into the New Testament? I see lists of the genealogy of Jesus in the book we believe was written by Matthew, but no where am I seeing a list in any of the 27 books telling us which books actually belong in the New Testament. If we are only to believe what is written in these books, then please show me the chapter and verses that has this list, as you are telling everyone that we should only believe what is written in a chapter and verse from one of these books, and if it is not written in one of these books then we absolutely cannot believe it to be true for our salvation. A follow-up question to that then is which book, chapter and verse teach us that we are 'only' to believe what is written in these 27 books, or should we not believe you when you tell us we should only believe what is written? If that's the case, then I think you're kind of acting like you're a pope on these points when you tell all of us what we should believe when it's not actually written in the bible explicitly. Are you thinking you're a pope? Should we believe you just because you tell us without evidence from the bible or are we only going to believe what the bible actually says, what's actually literally written down inside of one of these 27 books? Just a couple more questions..... Where in the writings of Matthew does it tell us that the Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, and if it not written in the book of Matthew anywhere then are we not supposed to believe that Matthew wrote it? The titles of these books were added later, they were not written by the actual writers. The inspired writings are only the chapters and verses. This goes for all of the 4 gospels. Do you believe that Matthew wrote Matthew, and Luke wrote Luke, inspired by God, and if you do, why do you believe this? Where does the Gospel of Luke tell us that Luke wrote Luke and that when Luke was writing this Gospel he was inspired by God? Which chapter and verse in Luke tells us this? You're telling everyone around you that we are all only supposed to believe what is actually written inside one of these books, so please tell me which chapter and verses you find the answers to my basic logical questions which should be very easy for you to answer, since they should be written down somewhere in one of these books, or you tell us we shouldn't believe it, which sounds popish of you again. Hmmm....This leads to only one of three things brother, either you're a liar, a hypocrite, or just confused and still learning the faith. The New Testament tells us that God is not the author of confusion, (you can google that verse) implying any group, including the Baptist church, if it causes confusion within Christianity, must be causing confusion because of Satan leading the person or group to cause that confusion. Are you being led by Satan when you create confusion in Christianity brother, even if it is out of your ignorance of history? Jesus prayed that we Christians may all be one, because the church is his bride, and he can only have one bride. He is not a polygamist, and his bride is not just a spiritual entity of all true believers, but she is also physical, just as real human people are both spirit and physical. His bride can be visibly seen here on earth, now, today. People don't marry spirits, we marry people, the church is both body and spirit not just a spiritual union, but a physical union, and can be seen visibly on earth. It is a city set on a hill for all to see, a beacon for the lost souls in the world. if anyone preaches against this desire Christ had for oneness then they are preaching against Christ himself. So please tell me why were these 27 books added to the scriptures if there's no inspired list written inside of any of the books? At the time Jesus walked the earth the scriptures Paul talks about only included the Old Testament books, which were chosen by the leaders of the Jews, because there were no New Testament books written yet. Please tell me who and why these 27 books of the New Testament were added to the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament, what year they were chosen, and by who being led, obviously, by the Holy Spirit? Did Jesus add them to the Old Testament scripture, and if he did, which book, chapter and verse can I find that in, when did that happen? There should be an inspired list of bible books inside of one of the New Testament books if we are going to believe the list of 27 books is inspired according to your teachings acting as if you are a Pope. Which book chapter and verses can I find this list or am I only to believe you and your word Mr. "Pope" Preacher that they are inspired books? You tell everyone to only believe what is actually written in the bible brother, but you don't even follow this teaching. Where does the word of God tell us that the New Testament book of Jude belongs in the New Testament? You don't follow what you teach brother. This is the root of the confusion you are spreading, and you are going against the Bride of Christ, his one Church, his one wife, hitting her with the very same 27 books she preserved for you to read. Christ and his Bride are one, just as a husband and wife are one flesh, they are also one flesh, one body. Therefore, just as Jesus told Saul prior to renaming him, you are throwing mud and spitting at Christ himself when you throw mud and spit at his one Bride. She is physically as old as Christ himself, he chose her himself when he was here on earth, and she will never be corrupted because it is Christ himself building her up. The gates of hell will try to destroy her, using ignorant men like Saul and people like yourself only out of ignorance, and even those within her ranks, like dead skin that needs to fall off the body, but the gates of hell will never prevail against her, because she is his Wife, and they are one flesh. He forgives her for errors she makes, just as you would forgive your own wife for errors she makes in your house brother. Edit addition: PS. I only wrote on your post, because I'm hoping you'll respond. I really am not posting this to be antagonistic, and you seem like you really are trying to do the right thing in this life. Keep following Christ brother, as we all should. I pray the scales will fall off the eyes of the ignorant just as they did for Saul prior to being renamed Paul as he spat in the face of Christ himself when he spat at Christ's Wife, his one Bride, his Church. Just a final thought: What would you do if strangers spat in your wife's face? Peace brother. :)

Thread, "Investigative Jud.", I would say this SDA doctrine, I.J., is more demaging than the "Jesuit oath" reletaive to Protestants or even non-SDA-Sabbath keepers, like 7th Day Babtist. Why, it is more subtle than the aforemention "Jesuit Oath:" ? It undermines the basic teaching of redemption and how Jesus finished the work of redemption at the cross when he said, "It is Finished".

Acts 15:5-31 certain sect of pharisees saying it was needful to be circumcised and to COMMAND THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF MOSES Acts 21:21-25 As touching the gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they OBSERVE NO SUCH THING

Can I ask... where in the bible (not church) does it say not to keep the 10 commandments but 9? Scripture please =)

Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God."

He has memorized those verses already..you may check it and find that it is..!!

Phili.3:6-9 touching the righteousness which is in the law blameless...I do count it but dung that I may win Christ. And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Rom.3:21-28 BUT NOW the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested Rom.4:4-8 God imputes righteousness without works Rom.10:2-4 But some people choose to work for their righteousness Gal.2:21

Have a blessed Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2012!

Hebrews 10:9-14 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of J.C. once for all.- a perfect passive in the greek- it was done in a moment of time and you weren't involved; it was done by somebody else- done to you and not by you. Once and for all time. verse 14 for by one offering He has perfected forever them that are sanctified. We are saved by grace through faith. Period. Eph 2:4-9

what in the world are you talking about? Salvation is only through Jesus Christ himself, not through any church. I may have misread what you wrote, but it was what I got from it.

All the people's in the world i think that they all knows the bible n they have read also but why they cannot do according to the words of God...the reason is this they dont understand the grace of God...they try to do the laws of God by their own power n try to be perfect by their own power...dont underestimate the grace of God because the grace of God has the to power to help us to do what has written in the words of God.

Heb.10:9-14 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.- a perfect passive in the Greek. It was done in a moment of time and you weren't involved; it was done by somebody else- done to you and not by you. Once and for all time. v.14 For by one offering He has perfected forever them that are being sanctified.

Be ye HOLY the king james said, not perfect. Holiness is being IN CHRIST, he is our holiness, and HOPE to be like him, its not until we see him. Does anyone think while Jesus was alive, that he would just come out and tell everyone, the enemy included what would take place at the cross? Or tell the world that he would be have a resurrected body shortly? God always demanded perfedt holiness, this is why we need a savior......and its Jesus rightousness that is given to us, freely to those who believe on him. Satan has sure come up with all sorts of ways to trample GRACE.

It's possible to be a perfect Christian!

Gal 2:4,5 because of false brethren..which might bring us into bondage Gal 3:10-13 the law is not of faith. Lawkeeping is the opposite of faith as a Spiritual goal Gal 3:16-27 until the seed (Jesus) should come Gal 4:21 - 5:1 these are the two covenants Gal 5:4-9 whosoever of you that are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace..a little leaven leavens the whole lump

There is no obtainable proof of evolution and Darwin himself doubted his own theory. Countlessly he edited the Origin of Species, one edition after another (so books, as in plural), as there were always doubts and unresolved issues. How many times was the bible edited may i ask? Furthermore, God is a perfect being, hence the Bible (His Word), is incapable of contradicting itself. To understand a single verse you must compare it to similar or nearby verses.

The mind/soul is being renewed into righteousness daily. The body will be done away with as it returns to the earth well receive our "glorified " bodies. So remember we are a tri-part being. We are righteous in spirit being made righteous in our mind daily as we crucify the flesh daily until perfection ,all 3 righteous once were gathers as his bride. Be careful of LEGALISM it's subtle and as sinful, as external sinful acts. He expects our best as we accept the blood of Jesus ,not perfection

What do you mean by the Church of Israel failed ? Are you underestimating Matthew 16,13 " I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not overpower." ?

The scripture itself does not put emphasis on which is first or last as the determining factor of authority. The process of inspiration and writing of the OT is no different than the NT. The reason why the Church of Israel failed is that they raised there ecclesiastical traditions than the scriptures! It could be same with any church today! The WHOLE (old and new) scripture, as the WORD OF GOD, is "scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, reproof, correction. 2Tm 3:16

Now here is an Amazing Fact: In Great Controversy, Ellen White's greatest book, she claims that every single follower who refuse to believe the math of William Miller regarding 1844 and the 2300 day prophecy; will need to stand in their own "perfection" without the power of Jesus as our mediator. Ellen White really says that she thinks Jesus is not available since He is busy with the Father inside the Holy of Holies with the entrance being a "closed door". Her own words "Closed Door" .

Dont compared Grace n Laws of God ....cus even Jesus Christ he didn't come to compare the law n grace he come to save people's from sins

The book of James says you must act opon your faith or it isnt faith. A far cry from saying we must become morally perfect in this life in order to "finalize" our salvation. We are saved by grace through faith. Period. (Ephesians 2:4-9) Works come naturally as a result, but they have no bearing on the salvation process because at every step we are covered by the imputed righteousness of Christ. (Romans 3:20-28; 4:4,5,8; 10:2-4) The bible does not teach a doctrine of character perfection.

My Question is, why do the Seventh Day Adventists show a dipiction assuming (Pictures) of Jesus, supposedly a White Man, with long hair? Doesn't the Ten Commandments forbid such a thing, when His Description was a blending in with the people of His Day, and not of any special attraction?

Dougie, hear's what 1John 4: 17 says, Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement: because as he is, so are we in this world. See that Dougie, I am just like Christ in this world right now. Now everyone read Eph:1: 13-14 so that Dougie can't frighten you. santification simply means to be set apart, its not a process, if you have good and bad apples in a box, you will seperate the good from the bad, but it's not a continuous thing. You have facts but no truth.

John 3:13 kjv